The next Old School RuneScape Deadman Invitational will take place at ESL UK Studio 1 in Leicester this month. The Winter 2016 tournament - a permanent death, free-for-all competition with $10,000 on...

UK video games trade body Ukie has today published an esports whitepaper, outlining industry opportunities, growth areas and recommendations to government. In this article, we've dissected the full 20-page whitepaper...

Brazilian CSGO pro Marcelo "coldzera" David won an eSports award at the 2016 Golden Joystick Awards, while Overwatch and StarCraft II caster Sean Plott were also recognised. The evening of celebration...

UK-based eSports tournament provider Gfinity has announced the financial results for its financial year ending June 30th 2016. Revenue increased 158% year-on-year to £1.45m (up from £0.56m made a year prior),...

Sheridans associate solicitor for sports and music, Christopher Paget, has told eSports News UK what smaller eSports organisations should be focusing on when it comes to contracts. Speaking at the University...

Ben Bagg, manager of UK-based organisation Caz eSports, has made the final of a regional business competition in the hopes of winning £20,000. The Baldwins Accountants KickStart Awards will take place...

It goes without saying that eSports is an incredibly fast-changing industry, and traditional sports clubs getting involved seems to be the flavour of the month. In September, UK-based eSports organisation...

Former Team Dignitas Overwatch player Seb "numlocked" Barton has joined NRG eSports. He has signed for NRG as support, along with American DPS player Mathew "Clockwork" Dias. Meanwhile, Daniel "Gods"...

Three experienced UK League of Legends individuals are trying out with German organisation Schalke 04 this week. Schalke is a well-known German football club that branched out into eSports earlier this year,...

This December's Pokémon European International Championship in London is charging entrants more money to take part. The registration fee for the Masters Division tournament (ages 16+) is now £40, while the...

The ESL UK League of Legends Premiership group stages drew to a close last week as the live finals at London Comic-Con approach. Last week saw Batmani Begins play Sensai, with the winner facing exceL,...

Well-established UK-founded organisation Exertus Esports has folded, and from the ashes comes a new organisation: Vision6. Exertus was recently acquired by US owners, who have now disbanded the organisation entirely. The...

British streamers Mark "Valkia" Purdy (pictured left) and Craig "OnScreenLOL" Shannon have joined Nvidia's UK Twitch team. They will both be hosting two shows a week on the Nvidia Twitch channel (Valkia on...

Events organiser Multiplay has announced the first few eSports tournaments taking place at its next gaming event - Insomnia59. For the first time there's a Battlefield 1 tournament, featuring a prize pool...

Betway has signed a six-figure sponsorship deal with Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP), and has becoming the first UK-based bookmaker to invest in an eSports team. The agreement includes on-shirt branding, content...

Team Infused, FM-eSports, Choke Gaming, Exertus Esports... it's disheartening to list the teams that have quit competitive League of Legends in the UK over the past year. Now another name has sadly been added...

Long-established UK eSports organisation Team Dignitas has been acquired by a sports business tycoon for an undisclosed fee. US NBA basketball club The Philadelphia 76ers (aka The Sixers) have acquired controlling...

Usually in press releases you have a couple of paragraphs of often throwaway quotes, but the Philadelphia 76ers/Team Dignitas deal included 600 words worth of interesting comment from seven different...

UK computer builder DinoPC is running its own $5,000 Overwatch tournament which gets underway this week. It's not DinoPC's first foray into eSports - it sponsors Reason Gaming and supplied systems to their winning...

We take a look back at the action from last week's Hearthstone Premiership group stage matches with ESL UK, after the final eight qualified players were confirmed. The night began with a team derby,...

UK eSports organisation Team Dignitas released their Hearthstone and Trackmania players over the weekend. Dignitas confirmed the news with posts on their website here and here. This means Hearthstone players Lewis...

The University of Leicester is considering introducing some kind of eSports degree, or eSports content within other degrees, according to rumours. eSports News UK understands the university is also planning...

Well-established video games event EGX is making a bigger splash in eSports at this year's show. Organisers have just announced the four teams taking part in the $100,000 CSGO Invitational: Epsilon,...

Event organiser Multiplay has announced new League of Legends and Hearthstone UK Masters eSports competitions. The news comes after Multiplay's first CSGO UK Masters tournament concluded, with Caz eSports beating...

Caz eSports have taken their first steps in the UK Hearthstone scene. The organisation have signed Pernille "Penny" Matthews, an up and coming female Hearthstone player. The Danish player has been involved...

eSports News UK managed to conduct a very special video interview with well-known UK League of Legends streamer Ali "Gross Gore" Larsen. Ali is currently banned from attending Riot-sanctioned eSports events...

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We chat to several special guests about the current state of UK eSports including ESL UK co-MD James Dean, Team Dignitas owner Michael "ODEE" O'Dell, MnM jungler Luke "Phurion" Brammer, MnM coach Rob Allen and caster/manager Will "FrozenDawn" Burgess.

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